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Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry. Date of Death: 6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Self

Almost an Angel
as Pop

Cop Rock
as 2nd Elderly Man

Twin Peaks
as Waiter

Big Bad John
as Good Ole Boy

Once Upon a Texas Train
as Old Timer

Space Rage
as Old Codger

Runaway Train
as Old Con

UFOria
as Colonel

The Ice Pirates
as Elderly Jason

Please Don't Eat the Babies
as Gramps Jebediah

Knight Rider
as Slim

Hammett
as Pool Room Attendant

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Old Geezer

Scream
as John

Bronco Billy
as Station Mechanic

Every Which Way but Loose
as Trailer Court Manager

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
as Butch Collins

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band

Big Wednesday
as Shopping Cart

Which Way Is Up?
as The Flunky

Smokey and the Bandit
as Trucker (uncredited)

The Legend of Frank Woods
as Slim

Sky Hei$t
as Old Coot

The Hanged Man
as Ab Wickes

Cahill: United States Marshal
as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster

Black Noon
as Joseph

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

Big Jake
as Hank

Zachariah
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)

Chisum
as Stationmaster Elwood

Rio Lobo
as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

True Grit
as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)

Big Daddy

Lancer

The President's Analyst
as Dirty Old Man (uncredited)

Hondo and the Apaches
as Miner

Good Times
as Kid

Green Acres

Daniel Boone
as Blue Belly (uncredited)

McLintock!
as Curly Fletcher

Petticoat Junction
as Farmer

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Music Man
as Undertaker

One-Eyed Jacks
as Doc

The Alamo
as Parson

Sergeant Rutledge
as Laredo (uncredited)

Bonanza
as Station Attendant

The Horse Soldiers
as Deacon Clump

Rawhide
as Driver

Bronco

Bullwhip
as Tex

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
as Liveryman

The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Pete

Wagon Train
as Hank

Forty Guns
as Marshal John Chisum

Dragoon Wells Massacre
as Hopi Charlie

The Quiet Gun
as Sampson

The Buckskin Lady
as Lon

Spoilers of the Forest
as Pat Casey